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BY JOVANA DIGGS skills. Contributing Editor "Family practitioners are the best bet for the student age group. They are If a student does not have a family doc- trained in a huge variety of conditions and tor in Tallahassee and is searching for a problems," Burke said.- physician, "you don't just open a phone They are also less expensive than spe- book and pick a name," said Gigi Beard, a cialists. Burke said that a general office health worker at Feminist Women's visit to a specialist can cost between $80 Health Center of Tallahassee. and $120, while a family practitioner There are many things to consider costs $50 to $100. when looking for a good physician, such To find a good doctor, a reference does as good references. not necessarily have to be a person. "When I first came to Tallahassee, that "I read one of his books," said Jelani is how I found my doctor," Beard said Alimayu, a junior agronomy student from She said a friend referred her to Dr. Columbia, S.C., of how he found Dr. A.D. Brickler, an obstetrician/gynecolo- Llaila O. Afrika, a naturopathic medical gist in Tallahassee. doctor and author of "African Holistic Brickler encourages more people to do Health." what Beard did. Mollie Hill, executive director of the "(Get) references from people who Capital Medical Society, said the health have had experience with a particular center at the university can refer a student physician. Health care providers and nurs- with special medical needs to a local doc- es are good references because of their tor. familiarity with how a physician works Doctors should be board-certified in and operates," Dr. Brickler said. their areas of expertise, according to Hill. The Famuan/ SHAUN WATSON Dr. Veta Mobley-Johnson, a family Board-certified means the doctor has they are looking for a doctor. conflicts. practice physician for Tallahassee taken and passed a national certification "Many physicians are quite dismissive "You want someone who's familiar Memorial Health Care, said patients are exam correspondent to the doctor's field of what students have to say,"Burke said. with your history and able to work with the best references because of their first- and level of training. Mitchell feels it is essential that doctors you before you have an emergency," Dr. hand experiences with a doctor. Renee Mitchell, director of North spend time talking to and answering Mobley-Johnson said. She also added that Kasey White, a sophomore criminal Florida Women's Health and Counseling patients' questions. the physician should have a friendly, justice student, said she agrees. Services Inc. and Dr. Mobley-Johnson "The physician (must be) willing to lis- helpful staff that includes nurses and "I was referred y my cousin," White agree a doctor's accessibility is important. ten. You want to be able to feel free to physician assistants. said about her doctor, Dr. Janet Johnson, Mitchell associates accessibility with how talk about your needs," said Melba Hill said the Capital Medical Society a family practitioner. easily a doctor can be reached by phone. Jacobs, marketing director of all four can help students check a doctor's qualifi- Lauralyn Burke, instructor and clinical Dr. Mobley-Johnson added that students Patients First facilities in Tallahassee. cations. Mobley-Johnson recommends coordinator in the health information should look at a doctor's office hours. Brickler also advises students to make calling the Board of Professional management division at FAMU, said the Good communication is another aspect sure a physician is a member of the local Regulations, a state agency, if students physician must be capable of a variety of Burke said students should consider when medical society and is on students' partic- want to know about a particular doctor. ular insurance plans to avoid financial Discrimination can be root of poor health, study firids Name-calling, harassment, and other acts of racial prejudice takes its toll on African-Americ ns.

BY COLEEN DeBAISE African-Americans were still more likely discrimination: "major discrimindtory Americans said they were treated less College Press Service to report poorer health than whites," said experiences," such as abusive encounters courteously than others compared with 3.2 David R. Williams, a sociology professor with police and unfair treatment regarding percent of whites. ANN ARBOR, Mich.- For black at Michigan. hiring or job promotions; and "everyday Also, 17 percent of African-Americans Americans, ill health may be a symptom Nearly twice as many blacks reported discrimination," such as poorer service, said they were treated as if they were not of discrimination. having "fair" or "poor" health as whites insults and harassment. smart compared with just 3.9 percent of A new study says that name-calling, (23.3 percent vs. 12.8 percent) and fewer The study found that more blacks than whites, and 24.6 percent of blacks said harassment, poor service and other acts of blacks than whites (48.4 percent vs. 59.8 whites said they had dealt with major they were treated as if they were inferior racial prejudice take a toll on African- percent) reported having "very good" or racist acts. But researchers said smaller compared with 9 percent of whites. Americans' physical and mental health. "excellent" health, according to the study. acts of discrimination, which are more The researchers noted that certain bio- Researchers from the University of "We also found that their experience of common, could cause more long-term logical differences exist between blacks Michigan questioned 586 blacks, 520 discrimination was considerably greater health problems. and whites. However, other studies indi- whites and 33 other minorities iii the than the experience of whites," Williams "Day-to-day hassles and irritations have cate that those factors do not account for Detroit area on their health, jobs, educa- said. "Feeling discriminated against, par- a more negative impact than major stress- the differences between the health of tion and experiences with discrimination. ticularly when it is combined with the ful life experiences," Williams said. black and whites, researchers said. "In essence, we found that powerful effect of low income, seems to According to the study, more blacks The study appears in the July issue of after...accounting for important health fac- tip the health scale for African- than whites also said they had dealt with the Journal of Health and Psychology. tors such as income and education, Americans." smaller acts of discrimination. For The researchers looked at two types of instance, 10.4 percent of African Health The Famuan/November 9, 1998 Thousands who are facing death Love sickness find hope in bone marrow donors can be afatal

BY JOVAN CONTE tion. The testing is done to keep a person "Besides good c ommunity serici.e. it Is and uncurable Staff Writer in the computer to knows if somedax sou'll nix duty to tirx and help Afri can Americean's be a match." because thex are least likelx to find a When one thinks, ot the agonix o1 match." said Shuflord, a 2'I-year-old tirom disease for some cheniotherapy,. tne might consitler the Pen sacol a. patients' sickness and weakness. But xwhat Public relations student Terrance BY MEYLA HOOKER may not come to mind is the deterioratioti Birisbane.a Ifellows donoir. a~i ced. Staff Writer of bone nmarroxx that radiation treatment 'So mane people are sotffering causes. fiom vxariotis diseases, and 'm Loxve is of ten tdefinetd as the strut c There is hope f'or the 30.00(0 peo- usine this as a xxix to help afftection (it one person fotr another. pie diagnosed wxith leukemia antd \fri itn Americans." said .And "loxve sickness" is marketd often bx other life-threatening diseases each Brisbane. wxho is a 21-yxear-old loneliness, tdepression antl sotmettmes eveci year say's African Atmericanis I eksonx ille natixve. sui cide. U~niting for Life. sax's are diag- Foi one xvoluntteei. the Accor rig to 13r\an \Granitt. authoriof nosed with leukenmia and other stuation hit close to home. ''Reclaiing thet Dream.'' lixing in iii life-threatening diseases each I haxve an auint xx ii ensvironment of chrnic conflict can bt xear by their loss of bone mat- Lketlil and I think anmx po'tenti ally tlamaging. rowx. 'hudx should ti x and help. Of ten timties pleople become tdepiressed That hope lies in healthy peo- lie mote pe'optle xsho ire''.is tfrom re latinships tfir a x'ariety of rea son. ple wxho arexxwiling to be donor s. tethe more c hances to help One of the most harmiful could be larline "Manx tinmes. people shy ixx ay someone xxho needts treat- to actept the unconditiontal trtith-that fromi the registration proces mnent." said Paula Kil'ome. a there is no lose tcornring'fronm the other because of certain misconceptions." soplhoimore Ihistoryxsttidet.t side. said Dr. B. J. Free. National Martrox \lnmost anyone can ecistet to Carl Rogers. author oif "O n Becoming A Donor Program coordinator ftor donate bhone mat toxx. It only takes iersomi." ,xxrote, ''ac ceptance toes not Southeastern Comniunity Blood Center. an easy blood test to tdetermtinte xout mean Muth tuntil it insvolxes tntderstand- Terron Clark. a 19-year-old sophomore blotit type. A recipient's most likelI ing. business management student from Mianmi. match xxill comte fr[onti a fami ly memuber. Many believe that heartbreak is just a said. "The only way I'll give blood is it the but unforttinately . 70 percent of patients do shoirt-term period of depression, but they doctor says I have to-I don't like nee- The Famuan/ SHAUN WATSON not fitid a donor xxithin their t'amily, a fail tioiriealize that for sonic, it tan be nmen- dies." pamphlet di stribuited by National Marrowx tally and physicaily challenging. Many Sophomore social xxork student Jennifer Dr. Free said. "If son are registered. xou Donor Program saxs. times this leads to suicitde or other self- Gaymon. 19. who is a Taliahassee native, do so only once. They only call you if The next best thing is someone fromittthe inflicted harmiful acts. said. "I'm not sure about the procedure." you're close to being a match. That could sanme ethnicity or race, and that is wxhx "It is difficult to love by yourself. It can But Dr. Free said there is no need to fear be months or years doxxn the line." African-American donors are needed. be punishing. I think yoting ladies, and about donating bone marrowx. Potential donors and senior public rela- Those xwho wxant to donate bone marrowx sometimes young nien. lose their paitners "Registry is different fronm blood dona- tions student Bernard Shuford. said it's a shotild contact Dr. Free at 877-71 KI . ex.. too nmtch. wxhile getting no loxve in return," necessary good deed to register. 171. said Terreil Freeman. counselor xxith the FAMUJ Center for Human Dev eiopmertt The Tallahassee Demtcrat reported that Students get early start to battling aging four girls haxve committed suicide this ycar.,iiainly because of distress with failed relationships. Txwo0 (f the girls xwere High students, BY KITRINA DEAN sttcnt from Tanipa. said his daily routitine tireatment cal Icox x en tatcialfs. or EC'HO-1 Gotlby one wxas front Leon Correspondent is simtple. that is cheaper than face lifts. xxhich cost High School and tine xxas fromn Lincoln ftrom 53.000) to 56.000. It incltites takine High. oft the most common [Dreaiding the day thex starttcdingl 87 different s itamins and miincials. The "One problems wrinkles, tine lines and other ace proicess sigenifi cantlyx redutces agtnc. A that otung ladies talk to me about is rela- some college students haxe ah ir..il o\'. "ci tank spr y s the gas. xxhit Iicon- tioniships xxith the opposite set." Freeman started combating the inexitable. tills Staints andh minecrals. onto the said. "The sav ing, tlove can make xyo0 Thex use Oil of Olay. Ponds~ twee to plump til the tine lines to blind' is xerx true. Neutrogena because they contalin tiake someone look x cars x (~inet RecLent stat isties conmpi led by the collagen that puts moisture in Tallahassee Deniocrat sax' the ntumbei of the skin to help get get rid of Samiara Ic'Namatra.. .iaageof sticidtes in the United States hais consis- wxrinkles . age spots, and f ine Noxva Laser' LightiniTt Iallahassee. tently gone doxxni. xxhilIe the number in lines. sid. "Many celebritics like Floidita has tiluctuated a hit. But some fail to understand Ku tie .\llex antd L'na Thurmn That cotild be due to the misconceptions that at least 90 percent of skini .1 x cen facials. (f suicide. Some students said that people aging is from the sun said usuall' co me right Out and tell yon thes Marily n Concillo, an esthetic.in MctNamara said there arectno side are gointoti kill themiselxes. at the Face place with over ') efctees tif tis treatbnent antd the '1 think they are playing" said junior years of experience. cost is abtiut S65 a session. The btusiness student Ttiia Brownilee. "You "A sunscreen of at least 15 SPFF pat.ient has to ,co least once a xweek nexer wxant tto take anxyone seriotusly wxhen needs to be wxorn everx dai for a month antI then cxvcry other they tell x'ou som'ething like that. Concillo said. .xcek thereafter. Fifteen percent of her Especially xxhen titi guys [and youir There are many ways to prexent prc- customrlers are black students. the niajori- friends]I are close. aiid vou don't knoxx mature aging. Using products like a gly- tx being men. McNamara said. about any negauxse things guing on with colic acid, taking a lot of vitamin C sup- Although people of ctolor don't shtix the them" plements, drinking at least eight glasses of isible signs oh agimg like xwrinkle. tine "It's not a physical sickness as much as water per day, and exfoliating the skin can ties and sunspots as nmuch as people xwith a psychological one." said Freeman. help premature aging. fair skin, they still need to take care (if "Vt hen von love too hard, it can some- The Famuan/ SHAUN WATSON Brandy Jackson. a 17-year-old freshman their skin early . People ofh color do not times make ' ot a psychological xxreck" from Milwaukee. goes through many steps "I use Ixory soap and then lotion after I showx the signs as much as people xith fair F.W. Bourdillon. author of "Light," each day to make sure she prevents aging. finish xashing nmx face." said Hines. 'The skin because of the amount of moisture. ives his opinion: "The mind has a thou- "I start with a cleanser. followxed by a Ivory soap dries all the moisture and dirt and they usually have very oily skin. sand eyes. and the heart but one; yet the toner. and end with a moisturizer." said the up and the lotion puts it back in." light of a wxhole life dies wxhen loxe is business administration student. And some exen. haxe done cosmetic done." Reche' Hines. 20. a junior mathematics enhancement. There is a nexx inexpensive Health The Famuan/November 9 , 1998 Nationa sleep debt on the rise The National SlCe) Foiiidckitioii]oiiiid that 30 to 40 1111i111Oll) . Ieric(ill S .lffer fyiuOin .sleef) (Iisorders.

BY SHENEE LeSHAUN JOHNSON getti ng the normal ieht hoturs. Af ter1 come home from w~,ork. I hav e to st Li- Staff Writer then I cant sleep. I get restless." he sail The NSF concluded that swhen peopl.7 Sonretiixres wse .caniietin such a IMili ' in oui daily routines that wse find ourselves are deprived of sleep thex are less alert tix inc to make up for something that and attentisve. more inclined to irritabilt\ oftientimes cannot be retained- sleep. and other mood problems that can make Accordi ng to a Gallutp Poll conducted relationships w~ith family, friends and co- for the National Sleep Foundation our w~orkers di fficulIt. Concentrat ion and national sleep debt is on the irise. It is esti- judgment suffers, the ability to perform mated that 30) to 40) mill ion Americans even simple tasks declines. productas its stiffer fro~m serious sleep disordeirs that is sabotaged. undermine their sleep quality and their Dr. Shankar Shetty. director of FAML health. One out of ev ery twso people suffer Student Health Services said students f ront sleeplessness at some point in their don't sleep we ll because of anxiets o liv es. Millions more see the bodys's need trom drinks containing caffeine, a stimu- to sleep as a wsaste of time. l ant. Since people are very active in their "I recommend wsalking or taking a eveirtlayxis es. imani people umas often tii good hot shoswer before going to bed and to steal nihtitme hours for day time actisi sometimes getting up and taking a deep ties, cheating themselsves of preciotis breath helps for those wsho can't go to sleep. sleep." Shetty said. "'Studetts need better time manage- Shet also said he doesn't rec.ommeind mnent." said James L . Simmons. assoiciate sleeping pills. prof essor and counnsetlor at F .\II' 's "'They contain antihistanmines and niay Center for Human lDevelopmrent. The cen- cause one to become jitter}," he said. "I ter treats students with problems concern- knows some students go to work wshen The Famuan AQUILA LYNCH inc, emotional and mental stress. they leasve school, but I recommend get- Sleep is essential to everyday health. People deprived of sleep are less alert and atten- ''It most students studied wshen thesy're ting at least six to seven hours of sleep and tive, and more prone to irritability and other mood problems. . the more the better." supposed to and not proc rast inate, then sax I got six hours of sleep, but that's not The NSF found the amount of sleep a Jet Iiex Dunn. social wor0iker of the proper amouti its of sleep inas be obtained..'' entough. person needs is as individual as the Tallahassee Memorial Sleeping D~isorder Simmons said. Efrem Morgan. a 21-year-old senior amo~unt of food a person needs. The foun- Center said, "I see a lot of students. We RoosesvelitOlivecr Ill, a junior socniology computer information sy'stems student. dation makes it clear that in order to get a treat some wsith just about esveir sleeping stutde nt said. "'Gett ing enougch sleep is said he belieses as long as a person can good night's sleep, it isn't simply hows disorder. Right now, insomnia is high wsith important. but I can only get about tour function with less sleep. that's all that's many hours of sleep time a person is log- students." hotirs of it imysself imptortant. cing in that matters. but how good a per- D)unn added. "'We tend to treat sleep as T he ?2; yeaiiold IftonmPensacola said "Il'mtised to staying up. sleeping about son feels and how well he or she is able to one of the things wse don't need and wse although he nias be out of the normin but totii hoturs, hopping in the showser and perform each day. take it for giranted. It's easy to desvelop a he doesn't need nMuch sleep. domngswhat I'm ingm to do for the day sleepi ng disor dei because sou can't mrtn on .. oikinc and studsying keepsit iorn and I can ftinction."NMorgcan said. eiiipt\ Just listen io \youi bods . some may Myth: starches like potatoes and pasta help put on weight

BI~II.HA ii HRI)A IS s i' lit Ma~imiroirde. piesci ed it for ain Lexptiain Dis orcedf people. men in partticuLlar. ha d .tlx i th.iiahes. such as potaitoes, bread. caliph nearly 80f) sears aco. the highest death rates. rice, cereal .ind pasta. can a ttial ly help In 1978. a Florida phy sician tested the Married men have been found to hase Fact or My~th: I run' iiarcg.iriounts u on lose ss eight. Thes fill you up swith effects, of the 'Jewsish penicillin." He fewser mental illnesses, fewser physical protein builds bige2er , stionce n ntsc les. fuser calories than compamrable amotints found that chicken soup actually opened complaints, and generallx tend to be hap- ti / i. Thorugh one oif the futinctions of of fatts footds. Since starches are carbohy- cloggetd nasal passages and let the patient pier than unmarried men. protein is to cireate muscle tisstie. eatin a drates they supply four calories per gram. breathe more easily . The same respiratory Howsever, married wsomen have hicher lot of protein doesn't attomaticalls create as opposed to the nine calories in a gram effects could probably be duplicated by rates of depression than married men or iggeer mutscles. Eating extra protein can of fat. tother steaming-hot hev erages. than single wsomen hase. One possible actualls add fat to otir bodxr rather than A 3otnce hambtirger contains 245 explanation-wvomen are more likely than multscleIiftsyou don't cut calories elsewshere calories. nearls tswice the calories in a 5 Fact or Mytfh: In the cold, a child is more men to maintain the family. to compensate for the additional calor ies otince baked potato. Starchs foods cot likely to be conceived. especially in from protein. their reputation for be ing f atteningc December. Fact or My~th: Men experience becatise of the rich sotirces that often Fact. Ac cording to demographers. in menopause. Fact or Ith: \thletes and sers' active accompany them. the United States, a couple trying hase a My/i. Since men don't menstruate. they people need more protein than the aserage baby has a creater chance of conceisving in can't experience the end of menstruation American normalls eats. Fact or MI~th: 'No pain, no gain." December than in any other month. called menopause. as wsomen do. Myth. Ac cording to a studx at Tufts Myt h. The best exercise for losing A studs of men in San Antonio tound Howseser. about 5 percent ot men go Unixversity. athletes and adtilts wxho regu- sweight. pro~moting relaxation, antd reduc- their sperms counts to be loswer in the through the male phy siological stage at larly engage in serious aerobic exercise ing the risk of heart disease is moderate summer than in the wsinter. midlife or later. may need to eat more than the daily rec- continuous actisvity . If muscle or joint They suffer from a drop in testosterone ommended amotint for protein. pain. dizziness, nausea or exhaustion are Fact or Myth: Married couples generally levels that make them feel tired, irritable. Hossever. the extra protein needed. 50) part of the exercise program. then it's not Bie longer than single people do. and often dulls their sexual appetite. Some percent oser the Recommended Dails being done correctly. Fact.Ac cording to a 1987 population even become impotent. Alloswance (RDA), can easily be met b; study in 16 industrially developed coun- Normally a man's testosterone level the typical American diet.,xwhich usually Fact or Myth: Chicken soup can help get tries conducted at Princeton U.nisversits. peak in the teens and then it declines grad- exceeds the RDA for protein by 50 to 75 rid ot a cold. the aserage death rates for unmarred men ually. While sperm count begins to dimin- percent. Fact. Chicken soup wsas a wsell-estab- wsere found to be twsice as high as those for ish after age 40. men remain fertile into fished home remedy for the common cold married men and one. It is a half times their 80s and 90s. Fact or :Myth: Starchy' foods help put on wshen Jewsish philosopher and physician. higher for unmarried wsomen. I L

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edt/ Health The Famuan/November 9, 1998 Brighter days ahead for student who succeeded in overcoming depression H found xyourself in a state mothei oince again showed me lose, set I li .'t hel c ernIICito111i ife mate t ime thiatito one wotuld undeistood ite. But that of depression' longed for the lose onlIs a mother can move5 closer to tindinl out wxho God is. experience helped meeto see I swas wrong. mat Nothing seemrs to giv e. Not having this lose in mxy life Ihad a And through my grandntother. xxIwho ito- I staised theirc'fori about four wxeeks Atften itake xyoui happy. and huge impact on imy depression. 1Thougti duced me to the church wxhen I wxas sexven. returnine to imy higll schotl. I swas filet .11lthings appear to imy needs sserceimet throughl it5graniidpari its tili' nd ii ihulations utived me closcr wxithiove and wxarimth as the adiitiitisti .i "c dim. You can't cuts. I was still in need ot its o tlhet to thceIfaith. I began tioni. tfcultxy aid staiff helped iecCatch up therefore. I tell into a on us wink. Not tonly did ithex help fille deep depression. fl itsyliigher beingcand paiss my classes. but ailso thex trieid to hlp Sci sone a.ix sYou e\veu cxplored differ- iiicoIpe xsithl iy depression. began iup at night and to take me toY cent ieligionjs inciid- In mx sophtomiore xreaiiotflhigltschtool. IS 5yourself tol counseling sessi(os at n_' the taiths ot the mts itotheri lett me disappeainil swithoutt a

_____ leep-if you get the local clinic, but that Hcbiewx Isiraelites. trac.c I ssas left th ilnow55here to gto. but JOHN inx sleep at all. did not help. I dotn't Ichos ahl\Witnesses. itsschool's tfaculty.staiff aindlstideitts JOHNI know this understand swhys. but Ithe eLii 'e wIo a itt' ', I..I stuck w ~i werei behlind ie.Ihe- totind iite a 1place til LEE JR teeling because I talked to) seemed to pillsidc no court, ito C ittI~i tilts. V i this. %\,iau.not the cnd of livec.helpedfiitc xwithi ioniey aind consoled haxe experienced it ity depiession. m\S ,lhri I I It xx L d he :a lontte ithc ite.IThis netwsork oft family aitd fiieitds is ins entire life. W\hat Isswanted \5,t, he fore I1wold get wxha~t ,allowed melincto griow into the pcirson I h en. I ay xeairs ld. my grandmtoth- mty iithetr. aiii tolday. I lcarned thiough taith that er. Christina Graham. and my aunts. Leisa My brother. on thec depreissionitlcoiill hbesccltic Ihis was a. aind Lonie. took my older brother Antonio other hand. becaiiie I felt alone and me from our home in east Atlanta. rebellious and soil lunut IIbforetul Our mother was a crack addict and drugs to get ilittilesI Coming out of the dark neglected the needs oif 0m brothei and me. knewx this was inot the~ intltgriadecyeacIi inldix tilt olylSitIa stron'.ainig. so swe went to stas with our mlaternal road for me to taike_ wencft back to stay grandmother and stepgrandfather. We so I foc used ol iit ist. buttals I1.iaastirog-inindcd Afiicaii- stayed there for tswo years. Our grandpar- educat ion.i l)1u i u that schotol Amecricanioiitale wholbis stiising to Ixke out cuts gave us love and provided an ensi gea~r.,insyimother w hat God has in stioic ton tic I kinow roniment of discipline and nurturing for us. M id dlIe V st lier apairtmenct. itirougli Jesus (ChrisinmxyILord anittSaiolr. Just as our lisves became stable again. school blues M5 oltthcer had I cain do illI things. Because God has put swe were taken trom our grandparents. Our W\hen I stairte d 'nh inued lhci dirui S1 iiaiixpeople in itis lite to aid lite tin mother came back and told us things imiddle sc hool. mix abuse and neglc- nix joltiniey thiiluigh this cruet aiid harsh swotuld get better. And it did- for a situation got woirse worli d. I teel it is no. obligatitonito help The Famuoin/li SHAUN WATSON td toi pay the billk while. But then things returned to the way because I was coo- First the gas wenut. others it this wolild. tis is ini.sar tio they used to be. stantly in a state of depression. I was in a then the electricitsy wect. Finally, she lost give h ack to tholse w ho hasve helped Inc. Again.,[fy mother began to indulge in cscle moving trom the homtes olfumy the apartment forcing nme to stay with ins Ev en here at 1.AME C God still puts peolple her crack addiction. This was devastating mother. my aunts and my grandmother. friend Jalawn. in mytlife whii enhance the person 1a. to me because once again I could not be I did not socialize with other teens Ja[aw n Roihinson wxas umv bcst triend But theie re still tiimts in tltislite with my mother, and it was all her fault. I beyond school, isolating myself from oth- frout iiddle school. We had heen fricnds where I leel depressed. Sootetintes I lose a swas confused because I did not know why ens. Although I continued to w ork hard. I since the first time we [net. Even though friend on a losved tone.,.iid other tiiies I anit these things were happening to me. As a could not see the light at the end ot the we cnded up attending different high wxroinged by a friend.IThen I grab hold of result of her neglect. I became depressed. tunnel. schools. I kept in touch with JaTawn. And nix faith and know that I will get thrtough. As she smoked her life away, she also But I received a piece ot adxvice tromt when I told her my mother had lost our I uinderstand what Muirrell meant when made a harmful impact on our lives. She my middle school teacher that changed place and I had no place to stay,. she inv it- she said things will get better, itfxton tailed to buy food for us . and many times evsernything. Donna Murrell. my teacher. ed me to come staxyswith her. hcr brother believe in the Man above. Through lien I we had to make an hour-long journey on a said. "Things will get better. it you beliese and her lather. So not knowing where else learned that there will be hard and bus to my grandmother's house so we in the Man above.' to turn. I went to stay with Ja"[aw n. depressing times , btit somnetimles we have could eat. At the time I could not relate because Although my mother disappointed me to let go and let Gtod. In fourth grade. the agony of moving things seemed to get worse. Ms. Murrell mansy times. I swas still distraught from My experience with depression has led from place to place and the bitterness I was a confident wontan whit was ty nmath being away trom her. Despite living swith fite to go soi tar as to attemipt suic ide. I felt trom my mother's neglect drose me to teacher at [Henny McNeal Turner Middle my friend and her family. I still felt alone. nieven w ant to see imyssell at this lexvel became xvery depressed. Once. I tried to School: moreover, she was a blessing that So still depressed. I sswallowed about 3) again in life. and I doi inot wxant to) see othi jump off a two-story balcony at school God had put into my life. She was gen- pills to kill my sell. Jal assn tound nme in ens in this situation either. I hasve learned and was rushed to the hospital. where my uinely concerned with ms well being, and the liv ing room and after seeing the bottle fromiltymxourney to in 1(1helpd xwhethen grandmother came to1 get me. My grand- gagecme wxisdom indl guidance (in the table, she asked hie it had I taken it is in (God. Allah. Jehovalt or iother peo- the pills. Aftter nil response trom Ime. she plc becatisc it can be the diffterence cal lcd 911,. and I was rushed toi the ho spi- betwsecun Isercolming d(epressioin or com- Ital. iiitting suic ice !Mx stomach swas pumped. wxhichI wxas 1Jo1hnAlitl(/ur/LeeI Jlr1. s, iiit (/I(11ro!1 lie most painf ul experiencc in ins lite. doesn't feel "underserved." W\hileIc %xxas,aswake. the doctor stutck a tube (losswntsnnose aniinito my15stoiiach. NHSC clinicians in his community Thes pumped thc pills out ot mx stomach. want to be sure he never will. -alter the pills had been puimlped trout itt 'tiotach. I wa,s transterred to (Georgia I es without access to adequ.ate heath care i you. are consder-( Regional State Hospital. a career in health care and wou.l0 be tonhelpa commnLon, like wsas then sent to a psychiatric tacility. Bobbys the NHSC has compelttive scholarships that can help you reach your goal T here I had an experience that wxould help ome to change imy life. =''0ma' r 01 0 't"'s1a30 t'e' %rSC opportur I es r. I met other teenagers that, like insself. - '1-800-221-9393 had problems to, deal wxith. We all suffered w'vww ohc nina Gins goc risc frolm depression. so wxewcrc able to share NxloN.1 xi HEALTH SERICE CORPS o~ur e xperiecces. More imuportaintlIs though.,swe discosvered we were not the only ones in this wxorld hasving problems.

- Somtetimes swhen yoiu are gtting through a depressing time I felt as it I swas alone and Hlealth The Famuan/November 9. 1998 Shattered life revived The blunt truth about marijuana is that it isn't bad What o Y9

Sa) mangy times House Speaker Ncxxt Gingrich wxas quoted Othermtiy ths that ha c cis as saying. "up to a quarter of the White culated aire that matrijuana i in a moment xhether it is xwrong to House staff.,xwhen they first came in. had of faith 'rf ~~4(>a gatexwax to at her drugs. used drugs in the last four or fiv exyears."' The Cainnaibis xxeb sit. Gingrich also admitted that he used mar- . also staited that in Hal land. It till anla.'cs phyxsical theirapy,. I xxas f inali ready to ijuana as a student. xxhile marijuana use ha, The Famuan asks readers, "Would you donate tie hoxx in ninstant. attenmpt standing. at least on one leg. The proatest the use of mar- "That xwas a sign xwe were alixe and in * been partially legalizced 1tiana haxve 9 7 your organs? Why or why not?" ill lifexxaschanced right legix, a still in the healing process informa- graduate school in that era." since the I1 0s, heroine and tin to hack iirexei It xxas aicleair xxithi six prongs screwxed in it. up their Marijuana also has religious/spiritual L. cocaine use has declined ttsnnx mat nine on \lx left aium and left pelx is xxere sexverelx importance. greatly. Noxx if marijuana i 'iept. 1. 199 2. as I braken but noxx strong enough to put \Most of the time not Genesis 1:29 states. "And God said. the gatexxaxy xxouldn't hera- it axeled xxest on wxeight on. Needless to say. I wxa:s ready for SIMONE LEWIS- and basically they arc 'Behold I haxe given you every herb bear- inc and cocaine uise rise ma Hudson, 19 )ranLc Axvcne. the big daix WILLAMSbasi ne it off of wxhat ing seed.,xwhich is upon the face of all the instead of decline? WILLIAMSthey hav e learned earth, and exerx tree, in the which is the 3hman 1The next thine I Sxxeait poutred dowxn nmx face as if sonic It is true that marijuana i rmacy cinemeoci. .in ancon- one had panted a bucket of xxater oxver nii 11'iaxxing up in this fruit of a tree yielding seed: to you it shall not totally pure and contain, soyas.t\I I oxecxci. w call iin Cat plowxedlin to head. I panted as my heatrt rate increased knowx that cx crx be for meat." carcinogens that is equixa- 'mont SABRINA ntx txx a-dooi Honda rapidl}. Then the team of therapists loxx- tIng e xcleaiin from society is not necessari- The marijuana plant bears seeds. lent to the amount found in MOORE C ic, c.and I iremained ered e back doxxn in the chair. Iv igteh. Shall xxe make exceptions for marijuana tobacco wxhen snmoked ,because God ctisheil in the mtan- I felt like S\ Ix estet Stallone as he Marijuana. wxhich is called hx other and sax not to smoke or ingest it because ot Hoxxecxer, this is due to the names such as we ed. hemp. herb, ?sn't want anyone to ''led vschicle. reached the top at the staiirs in the moxvie pot. societxy's misconceptions sayitog it is bad'? I fact that bangs and xxa:tci ss with their organs. If Rocky It felt like I had been standing tot refler. etc.. is scientif ically called cainna~bis~ Psalms 18:8 and 2 Samuel 22'9 reads. pipes ate considered illegal ' saiil a. MIarijuana conmes from the dried /as a life or death situ- In the Hospital at leasitIlis c minultte,butt iihad anly been "Theire xxect up a smoke ouit of his nostrils. paraphernailia and thet ef itr IlowerCilusters of the cannabis It took ovrciant hourtier te Ilaii .tidi,.s It0 seconids plant that is and fire out of his mouth dev outed, coals not alloxxed to be sold )n,within my family, topyieuotn of the Car. Shaitlx aflet. I smoked or eaten tot create euphoria. xwere kindled by it. These dexvices arc used t nIwould." Synony mously . "euphoria'' means healthy. In other cultures marijuana is sacred. arriv1ed atII .ilth.il.scc \ema ,l Regioali Going home filter some of the carcino \Medical (Cintei xxhere itixfailxyxwaited. Morthtlanitit c monthsliad paissecl. and People wxho smoke marijuana is not lust a The Ethiopian Coptic Church states. "In "ens ant of the smake. hunch of1''underachiexveis" sitting I)i ('hai les 's\incoain or topedlic 'sillthe fIii'lc nurscirx rlix nic chaiactei that I around Hindu my thology hemp is a holy plant Cannahiscon also stated. wxi th no kind of ambition. The druig is used gixven to man for the 'wxelfare at mankind' 'cnn at 'I Mllhassee (Othoipedic ('linic, toldl hiad oiice beetn seen :asIhadlie a lcd s i bstan- It should be remembered. in mains lix famitlythat baiiialx I vxax.ilanone itible tilly.It xxas itte to go homek TicI onlx thiei instances such as in reli- and is considetred to be one of the dix inc 0 hoxxevxc. that a1heax x toa- Breyan Hunter, 2' is/spiiritual and medicinal practices. .ind stnileofat lixones.xweeon the othici tiiie I had beetn home since the accident nectairs able to gixve many anything tram co smoker consumes much One reason fot the cri iiinalhzation of Senior al.H[Icendedhits.na.i ss xxith. ''She hix xxyas on ('lristimas l)a.ixaniid it xxyas noxx late good health. long life, to xvisions of the moirc toacco than a heav'x marijuana, especial ly and most xwidely in gods. Business Management a'ill perceni iitcc af.usiv1511''"'\id l'ebint.x mlarijuiana smoi.ker consumes thc U nited States. is hbecauisethecox crn- There are also many medical reasons Toledo, Ohio \Ilsc', c''i 'I ils tllckl ity heaiit as I lay tfttmarij uanai This is becausc meni has biainxwashed its people xwhy marijuaina is ai help tiiok shilt.s oxecithe netiei12 it my bed the night into and not ai hazard. It 2smioked tobacco. xwith a 91) beliex iiie thai marijtiana is bad and in ieturn is giv en to patients suffering from caincer, taut, soa imore pet at tint'' a) lore I xxas to co percent addiction rite, is the "Yes, I would be an people regurgitatc the informnation thai the glaucaa muiltiple sclerosis and AlIDS oxIihat se'aeiteoL ~L' l d I Call ' 'tile. (Oe of the most addictix c of all dirugs goxverment knoxws is noat tiruic related complications. organ donor because I litituris5L5caime ini wxhile matrijuana is less .\ccoidine to Cannabis cam, a wxeb site A studs done by the Fiench goxverment would like to give IIIx 10itn aruindlii addictixe than caffeine.' dedicated to marijuana. "respected"' govern stated that cannabis is the least dangerous someone else Recovery Uif midni~iight to say So the next time yon a chance tuent a ioolhx e. Shle told officials haxve used marijuana in the drug at all the potentially addictixe drugs. The Famuan/SHAUN WATSO~cngaee in a conxersation at at life." paist and denounce it later to boost their alcohol is among the most dangerous drugs. lfiamily.and paistor xxetc haxri tilercithe ieiL'L' ly xxhatIIs Ii v sIx celin e. It wxas the Io hacn e m i uan~ xwhether it is xxrong to smoke careers. "To overdose, you would d t avcn aijuaaoiartoumeet bed as if they we rc xiex ing ai deaid body. teat of goineg-,iicand~ no longer haxing It alcohol is the most dangerous drug that someone xwho In a "Choose or Lose Special" aired an leads to many health concerns and impairs surne 40,000 times as much hmarijuana as smokes it. think about this article. ''Tell 'ciii to put tip themumretruh the experienced nurses at mx' bed side. you needed black clothes. Ian'gognwhr"I MTV June 16, 1992. President Clinton xwas you rjudgment to the point that it's illegal to to get stoned. Irn contrast,n1t the Reexvaluate your xvalue system and decide Yiet. I xxas readx to get bhick to normal and ratio 'en Ihte asked. "If you had it to do oxvcr again. drink and drixe.,xxhy is it legal? Why are 0for tialcohol ayt varies ebetxxe o touwat4 andurvaueIo the xx rex that had been placed on nmy teeth. my familx. 1w upwxards of xxhatyuthyoughxalant would you inhale'?" cigarettes, proven to cause cancer. legal'? xxhttougt yu o bs ou lus 1Thex all laughed and the healing began. After txxwo mnths of idependent lixving 5,000 people die from alco al aongor on the truth. H-I responded. "Sure, if I could. I tried Has anyone exer died from smoking mar- iioi oxverdoses The next dax I mect Dr.X\ingo. xwho and phy sical therapy,. I xxas hack at ev ery year and no one EVERR dies of niari- xxa:lked slowxly around tmy bed. peering axvci TMRNIC for yet another surgery. And there before." ijuana'? Not according to the Cannihus xweb .Simne Len is-Wiilliams, 22. i a senitor In the Sept. issue juana oxerdoses." the rim of his glasses. xxould be mote surgeries oxver the next four 1995 of Economist. site: thu 'ailiC produtito.5studentfrom Orlando. "You were like lHumptv Dumlpty. We yeairs. nara Herring, 26 had to put you back together.' he said- For txxoi of those four years I cried exery ior I suffered multiple broken and fractured single day. I hated and cursed God and rsing bones. and among other things. I had lost asked. "Whxyic."' ~~I beganto anopy thircc inches of bone in bath legs. think that I xxould he lame. Writing a plan for the day keeps the doctor away Vinto told mce that I xxotuld be in his limp andl Lepend~ent uipon others far the rest Lcaiie tar the next tour months. :ctuail lyI of n ifte. Yes, because African 5 feeL's xxeeks ai'o it seleed that im life than it aetuallx xxas It xxais an dax lifL' leedin 'usuch 'LIIililn. L' li ended up stay ing at T\IRNC fort txx this that sti ctre Lixn y iii. IIly pet snal 'coals tha~t ericans are so hard to Itd.ibeen pain tedl im iishtacde of grays. mn knoxx xxas beitie months.indLI anothecithircc andL a hal f montht Feeling better bohdy let me she WecII that wxas before I xx:is taking so xwoutld cireate baby steps fat ito ulxxal k mond xxas congestedl xxith cluttered ich and so little of at1 Tallahassee NMemoialatRegioa tIn fv aielec cimlit''itt sx bed xxcpin'' dates. neglected. nianxdifficult coursexsxxhile balancine :i tiixxard my ma or gil I. At the time it Lnii ished projects, fatrgotten homewo rk As I lax in the bed feeling lazx but iingly ,m(African IExltndedi ('aic in the ''haunttedl hiouse'' ,isI part timte job. a xxi itine c areer and matnag- sceittd silly. NJbuttrlli it cleared all .issigonents. upeainte tests and miissed at calledl it. P'oxici~shoaxxTere e xepIeople'anr the enjoxying cxixrvminuite this relaxatiuon ing mxyoxwi personal relationships. I ididni'I the erax iniin xmind. Siiichaxx jist xxrit tericans) donate." interi cx s. I Lot so bhisxexxith tinle to period~. I cot an odd v isit f rom a giiid tiien.' mtention the fact ihat I e an apartment to It) LIII ''ixme vaxx.sthe xv'Lncesi ipatient iliciL' -li the shioxxwxx had nlo lees,.noiarmi lsiindlsmtle txn inca xxwhat I Ilad in eres Io icetiet xx"hat II il to Ldo. I LidtLtI 1[\ix Nadi-fte does no1 oter wexxcie eIlerlIspeople xxha moanedl xxetceuncxciie.n5aware that they'xexisted. I xxa' xxeirdLIbecause sh keen cea.ina baols to tech and rest. ances- Ldo' instead ofutihinik. tiine to erat andl sleep. I cx en Iai got to do tmy liiiiiicItatclx. I began ta ccelbetter about coltteo,, e!-atften. She .iskedl mexx Itat x 'i s and m\ Nos I ,xxi tic dowxn cx crxthine .I uosnail ilrmal ~lC\xCi y ifIuncltiaons. I cot so eat- xx-niaind~ I lbet af t il. n'et cx cmxthin'' Idoe.I .ini not as sttcsscI it pir, . I vv iulldlee the ictiI .ii' titii thir~ m15 l)i L l coni~tilon. fuised.I I tot llsimple'thin's like ilhelixytot di leimc ?hecan speak mel .\lthouicb thle amiou~nt If xxaik I need Ik heL "I Istrolledl,i do'.p theL Iallxxav.xs liotl Sliltethatt ci atetul Ldaxy. xyioutlootk an Anttcn - , hexweek. xxhat claissL's 155 Is ntrolledl in .ind .iLelillflisitin a.idaxyla, i-i t leseniied. Iant St it.'i i. Itvxax ai tt t'ey 5weIL 55at '' lilL' has diasticailxliyihacd fot the beiter. I 1 lass to eeltto xxiiik. I tO touel:I xx.s « 11 I use,: iiakc Inni)fii t m ',j/ Sopoore ti l i ut I c o . r stietlititeo ito lilt them liIp to chelrisht cxcix\Lday5thatt Gad noxx allowxx. tie 1 ible to cLetxx otk clone. I cliiitxxkatc t11' eri.. LI.11tr *' cautse sl~t i tic Iitotiiciitbci xxhlt to .tI Lup ltd xwa.lk oilyits\axx issi xicci Iha'vc to doI Psy/chology1 It xx.isO t until I Lan:oe iSn xit a stangee xx1Otid It:' it eet 5 1111 I u1 ook'mat mx-ll ad doit thextksIiid . Boston, sickites' thait foiced tie to not attentd schli ii'' xxAie- v. netreiroennnates ofat 10iiu.xayLIhixnlonly xtookl.aninilstaint iand xxortk lot a LdaxI xxas ti'eU ' iixan 1and a xeatr pie . She xx'LitlLIVVxxtlLthincs like lixely al t . "f am an organ donor.. ea'silx .i'ttated. So stessed. I mOc' a" ' ills Sa:; 'e' oLt'ofl P... ' l2a ..:eat iunife ile so lieaisIs titmikt' tife sttttlt, 't.ai^e' in. -'(1 o . :kLJtIFt llmaine annxt. metl ali I H yxx~ rite doss it because i's the right On my feet thing to do." 1lali~l 'iiia liii' 5e tL' InsL.t y 0t fiit anLIspitititl lixce lifIL'to the Iful lest. ! lvixsl..a i l t xxIhic ehtb ''.n lxx0 LIi5 the .accidlent Mx list cxercise wxx ''to xx'v,igets toe. xxhic .lt the tint. xxvas the only thine I Cauld dL.t)\tet thirce ii trth tf ionsy, i Ltser, n LIdais Compiled by Ebony Filer Health 10 The Famuan/November 9, 1998 Problems with eating not just 'white thing' BY COURTNEY DeLANCEY MoUl inssaiart Ifut he C I that peo- csn though Koenig is wxhitc. she said extcelsivecly. Staff Writer pie do not beliceve blac k x men sufferc no race is immune to eating disorders. The effects of bulimia nerv osa and trom eating disorders is that they do not "Eating disorders don't care it you're anorexia nervosa can be more than harm- knows enough about the eating disorders. xshite. black, or Asian." she said. ful to the body-they can be fatal. lbiioclithe St its. cati ,disoiders hasvc pirduced mans victims xwith famous "Thcre are iss o Ispcs of cating disorders Koenig leads a lora U p nv' ad *'Bulimia can result in a ruptured esoph- it names such as Kar en Carpenter.TIraicey associaited kithiiBettingnethc perfect body she also say s that i tgus or a ruptured stomach. Also can Gold and Sally is elds. ix pc. aund tatit I li Imu r cix.a and big misconccption s clad to cndless problems xwith your dietary that only profession- tact. including ongoing diarrhea and con- Miore recentlxy. though, names, suc h as Janet Jackson. lBeserix Johnson and ()pi a al wxomen are afcect- tupation." Mullins said. "Anorexia can .use serious heart problems because you AAinliex . base ixen ness faces to wxhorn ed wxith the diusor- eatine, disorder s affect defeatiro' the imsth de rs. lose electrolytes wshen you don' t eat. tes are regulate your that it is a ''xxhite thing*.'' "At this point and ''Electroly wxhat said. 'so xxhen xou lose :African-mn\toet tan wxomen haise become time, there are no heart beat." she the subject of eating-disorder research tot black women in mxv that. your heart can overreact to any- bol iota netsvosai and anoiexta netsvosa. croup. and wxe only thing- a sudden flash of headlights or Ih rcesearch11centers oin xwhy ile disorders hasve one college stu- any thing that can startle you.' do not atffect the black Cominunity. dent." Koenig said. \laking :ure that people are asware ot that the seriousness of these disorders contin- lot example. in amstiidy conducted .at -Butj I knows other girls ue s to be the common task. Old D omiinion L'nt sersits , research ana- there are out there in college "W~hen I realized that starsving mxyself lx sts xwetc attetopting to understand wxhy xwhite xwomen ate more ptrone to dcxvelop wxho are atfected bx '.as such bulls --. I stopped.' Koenig eatitig disorders than lack wxomen. the disorder because 1 aid. "People need to knows that it's sense- sour life to this crap. You0 Isin.' reports front studies cotiducted in I used to be (one of less to lose them. hasve so much to lixe for, and sour wxorth diffeirtnt counties, such as Italxy. they f should not be measured by' xwhat the guir foutnd that wh ite wxomen choose a sicnif- Koen ig said thai startetd looks like in ads.,xvideos and moxvies.'' cantls ihinnei ideal bods si/c than black her atffliction wxoimen do. The studs also foiind that sith cutting baick on ''Awsarenes s is the most iminpotrtant and swecets at thing." Mullins said. "It's important that xxhit Iwssomen experienced greater soc ial chips 1'5. Bx age swe reach everyone wsho needs prsueto be thin: xxhite Wien tended to The Famaan, SIMONE LEWIS-WILLIAMS I X. she xwas The Famuan/ SIMONE LEWIS-WILLIAMS help. We don't close our doors date titnnetrxwhite wxomen and had less (if This is how a person with anorexia views at her wsorst. hs. because wxe believe that no one a desire to date wxotmen of a heaxviei body themselves. SI sxas his is how a how a person with anorexia i lddto ramn n si/c than black men did. if it's caucht in the earls stages Hlowevcxc, in a studs printed bx anorexia nervsa,".NMullins said. feet 8 inches omylos c it Publication Medicail Queirx, an on-line Bulimia nersvosa is the disordet ussi tall and only sweighed 95 pounds. She. even is very treatable." that even though the stud- guide to medical (journals,researchers ated wsith consuming large quantities oif had to wxear an IV in her nasal passace to Mullins said found that most black xwomen xxerc food and then speeding tip the digestive teed her wxhile she swas being treated at a ies are showsing that the anti-depressant Prozac is working successfully for eating excluded from studies because it is auto- process by taking laxativ es or enemas. hospital for her illness. best thing is to pre- mtaticallx assumed by the population that inducinc somniting oir over exercising after "I know there are other young ladies out disorder sufferers, the the black communitsy's acceptance of eat inc. there." Koenig said. "Once a 15 year old vent it. wxomen xwith fuller figures protects its And Miullins has seen it happen. came in. but she never came back. That's Koenig said the way to present the xwomen from eating problems. The study "I hase knowsn some clients to purge normal to expect. but it's important people problem is to love your body. know why people think there also discosvered that this nesw found infor- after eating only a small salad and diet get help earlx." "I don't no black women affected with this dis- mation could be the reason wh y people soda." Mullins said. There are manx underlxinc factors that are order." Koenig said. "1 think it's human assume black wxomen do not hasve the dis- Anorexia ne rxvosa is the disorder in can onset an eating disorder. "I haxe learned through my counseling nature to think 'I am not perfect.' but the orders. sshich sufterers restrict themselves trom best defense is knowing that God made "Once upon a time the black coniuni- eating at all. sessions that most of my patients. young ladies wxho suffer from these disorders, you your shape. size for a reason and you tx appreciated a voluptuous body."' said "Sonic people can go sweeks xxithout or dy sfunctional are beautiful that way." Ann Mullins, a licensed mental health eating; some girls, only days. It varies come from abusiv e or exen alco- cou~nselor. 'More and more, though. I'vec from person to person." Mullins said. homes where sexual abuse holism." has occurred. Mullins said. started to notice the once full-ficured Recovering anorexia sufferer Mox a "Most recently there have been studies to miodels in the ads marketed tossards black Koenic, 22. a student at Tallahassee conclude that most cases, almost 80 per- people start to trickle dowsn to the 'skinny Communitx College. says that the idea have one of the disor- equals attractive' look. that only xwhite xxomen get the disorders is cent, of people swho a mitsconception. ders had people in their famnily thamt dieted Student recounts her battle with bulimia

One itf tis a~n catinc disoidetrireplaced concetrt for the xwonuld teciiunt mtenmories abiiut the men freshman xceat of high school. I had fig- einds has a funnyx girl. wvho tell in lose xxith her and brac about ured out a ness diet. I wvould eat only 800 ax of throssing out I imagined insself wxith knuckles hows she ssore a si/c zero xxhen she wxas in calories every, day for a xeek. and subtract uscellaneous infoi- briosed bs mx teeth from being shoxved her 20fs. She wsould also point out that at 200 calories cx ers xxeek until I wyas only muaton.As xx e rc dossn nix throat. I remembered looking in If) sears old I wxas also ssearinc the same eatinc 2001 calories ev'ery dasy. iting tfot out bean the mirror and grabbing the tatfromnmx si/c that she ssore wyhen she ssas pregnant It xworked. I xwas so proud ot my self. I ,I 'read soup and xeg bodyx andI xxishing I could cot it off. wsith me. She wsas extremely thin then at xxas losing wxeight and people ssere notic- tartan egc rolls oxer This bout xwith eating disorders began at l05 pounds. inc. dinner, he blurted a Nounc ace.EsBen at 8Syears old. I started She also xxould shoss me thin girls on I remember so clearly one of my friends out. "Nix cx cirl- thinking 1 xxas grotesquely obese. telexvision and ask, "Are you going to look seeing me and saxying. "If you lose any friend's best friend is My mother didn't make matters better. like that'?" more wxeight you wxon't exist. Look at how skinny you are)' HEATHER battling anorexi.' As I ate, she reminded me of nax prom and At the age oit 10. my struggle to be thin sseddinc. asking. "What wxill you look like increased. I started dieting. exercising and My parents finally noticed I wxas losing DAVISIt xxas odd to DAVIShear, especially since in sour prom dress' Do xyoui think a gux wseighing myself every day at mx' friends' sseight and not eatinc at the beginning of I hadn't expected it. wxill xxant to co out xwith a big cirl.'" houses. While my mother encouraced me my junior year. M} mother wxas proud of If he bad said ansthing else, I ssould base That's not to sas that it's her fault that had to buy a scale, my xxish xxas to stop puber- me for shedding the pounds. tot gotten aibout it and mnoxved on. a problem, but I knoss that she's the rea- ty the development of breasts and hips. Hoswexer. ins father began to force me Hossex er. in m% mind a flood of itmaces son I eared so mutch about my xxeight. ThexyswoulId only emphasis the fat I had. to eat. appeared. Thoughts ot my oxsn battle with My mother xxas a thin beauty wxho I tried exerything to lose wseight. By m Please see Eating/ 15 Health The Famuan/November 9, 1998 Dealing with the agony, stress of PMS

BY SHARON PUGH ire. tood crax rnc. or sleep disturbance. liarni said ''"\nd the only thing* I knexx ITie c ec,,he-ins to tiraxvl thro)uch the tal- said Barbara Scott. a local cx necolocist. about itxxa thatiti onlx happens io ~i s lopiain tube. Over the next txwo days, it Contributing Editor _ But up to 5 percent Suiffeirxxith a condi- and thex don't coincsx ini cin cx i remairns .rione. i)uirrc this rime, tire Michael Bry ant. 22. a junior business tion cal led premenstrual dx sphorrc di sor- xxhen it happens. xxomen is more likeix to become pregnart. administration student tromn Atlanta. said der, xxhich produces protound depression. Bunt, the comprehension oft1P\S lie', in \Iearrxxhi Ic. the loll ice is sec ret tic the he found out the hard wxay. rages and other ex\treme sx mptom s that under stairdine the menstrual cx Ic. hormuones pi ocesterone and estrocen. "I renmenmber xwalkinc into our house. I the'.can't'finnction. eciusinc tire endoiretirinm to sxxelil and xas cuomring homre from school. Mxyiroin ma~ture in prepaa.io tafertiiedc'' always had dinner cooked, the house. Ar ond I )ax I)). tire exe' app roaches tihe cleaned, I nrean the whole nine yards." h. uterus. II' itihasn't heenieitilised. tihe said. x orn's iror mone lexvelsdirop. and the So Bryant began to wxorrxyxxhen he say ee'' be 'irrsto disirrte'ra.te. hisaaa.maig \buut I ).ix 2"', the last stan'e betore thre mother bailed up on tire corucir in her xworrici staiiti to bleed ( menruaition) the "I asked her it she x as alricht and xil Iendoinetiuriribeerns to bicak doxxitnid wxas foir dinner.'' he saiid.''She list vxx. shed. vshielr is a xxout irs menstruail tlow. offt on mre. I thought she xxas goirrg to ki ime. Reducing the symptoms Bryant didn't knoxx then, bitt it xxas al I ,iiiu hlth iulaid\ cil',ldaiied riieals because ot txxo xxords: prec-mreistruial s' t retxxo ot the best vv.ixs .illey ilate'somre dronre. conmmronly knowsn as PMS_ ,l the s\rirpionis otfi l'yISsaid i)ebia Burt the rage didn't stop there. It corn \\ .ite'house, a riutiritiottist .rnd .iuthoi ot irenced xxhen his mother suidderri \\ W\omen Need C'hocolatie. becaire upset, turning the table onto tir floor. .xxiI.1 du i'\IS. thex .re likeix to eat ''That nicht xwhen mre arnd iri dad xxeci :scerrthing it sigcli.especilly sx cci.' cleaning up the mess-that's xxhern I bun, ,A.itciiiouisan. Ilie be tst,rtceris to -u ;' out about PMS." lnetoxc sib ileils,ia da,r xxitch helcps PMS is a group ofi symiptomrs that xearl stabilie blood sitar keeping ciraxs i'in fronm xwoman to wxomran. such as emrotional The Famnan SIMONE LEWIS-WILLIAMS chreck. instability,. irritabilIity , headaches. abdonri- It their hooiik. ''IntPI'eiirc'rrstruiii nai pain. insomnia, tatigue and anxiety., Premenstrual syndrome. commonly called PMS. aggravates mllions of wxomen each year. It Sx ilrioirrc \.('lirtic .ri's ( tride. 'xor ecid- prior to mrenstruation. ii'isis \lrrei ;MoltineaindlSuisain feelings of irrrtability, headaches, abdominal pati insomnia, fatigue and anxiety. U..suailx it first occurs int girls in ageproduces Johnrsonns~i sercisiir' can ,Iles rmite I'\1 ranging tromir0ho i14. S trpuons becaiuse it itelpr elearses pi- That is wxhy Latrinra Scott wxas surprsed 'The mrost proirising treatmtenitfor P1)1) The menstrual cycle relies niremrcrica,rlscalled endorphiins. wxhen the youngest of her txwo sisters start- is aitdepressant drugs. A 1 997 stiidsx l irlisi dax oifaxx orart s irieiiua- Sonic woimeirtaike oxerrthe-counter ed her mrenstrual cxycle first at ace 9. reported in thre Journal oft tire ;Americanr lion perio d beti' it as tire eitdoiitetiiun iitire dirugs, such as NMotnm,. \&lxiiarnd .lex e. "in xxas weird,'" said Scott, a 20 xyear-olid Medical Association showxed that tire anti- liiinireof tire utcrus. is sired. :roun rd I ).s7 for reliexe ofIl' 18S\ rrploirs. soiphomor~re from Thomasxvile, Ga. When depressant Zoloft caused rimiproxvcimentrinii tire irdoireti rurn en its to thicken. lloxxexer. trkii' these diiuits the dax her period camre on that night myix moitb6 perceirt it suitfer s.Ar ounid I )ax 14, oxviulitt occuiis it tire before or the inute our cycle staiits is esplat ned it to all three ot us.''I ebroir Alicin had mirioirptioiis about pituritaryx elanid. located ait tire base ot tire nor e ci icictiirthanx ,iriri''unt il oun' 1'\'IS xxhen he asked iis mrothrer about it at brarrr. arid releases lintCii/ini Ioriurroe a bear tire pain amn longrii. siid Scott. 1i.P vxxhich C',sestire ox ,rrre tainreica,s PPD, how bad can it be? beca.uise tihe diruie blocks tire produti n it shout i to 7oiimi ci ,ciit oftaIlI soiiCi ''I heard tricirds talk about it.''tire 21)- ma~turre c''' tcased iniit xit irenct I prostai'lardins prexenti' Xpain base sonce pi cirenstrual moodiness, bloat- sear-old biulox education stutlent tromt ,.clis Called aiIdliLIL' Record high number of women in med school

Alfricaui- 14,n1erican1, NA/tive-Aierican and Asiali-Ailieric ct I illiflcI1Iwhs go(e 11/) asIX 'l

COLLEGE PRESS EXCHANGE partnerships xxitih loc..al school sy stemns. Special to hitch sc hools and ciii ices. the nations The Famuan W\ASHINGTION-Students are tiocking mredi cal schools hiaxve sireceded itt to medical schools in record numbers, and increasing ih.inunmber (oteducationallIy nhe increased they represent a more div erse cross-sec- prepared minority students interested ini 'nrollment of tion ot the Amrerican people. saxs a nexw careers in the health sciences." Coheir omen and report from the American A\ssociation of said. Medical Colleges. Other intormation in the repurt -her minori- This tall. 45.365 people applied to enter includes. African-Amriican applicaiti :-s in medical 116 lU.S. medical schools, including a increased for the sexventh sear in a royupS Thool has record-high I18.968 xxomen. 4.9 percent tromri1993. Of tire 3.(55 "kh' Medical schools also reccixved applica- applied. 1.427 wecre accepted. ccurred tion trom 5.06(0 students xwho are members The nurtier ot \.rtjx .ecause of of minority groups currently under-repre- Amrerican/ Alaskan natisves increased O.- the American sented in medicine. including .African percent Ifromrilast year. 01 the 2(,I xxhyt =association o Americans. Mlexican Ameiricans. Piieirto applited. 1i16 xxere accepted. Ricans and A\merican Indians. MIexican Amrerican/Chicano applicit'. Medical For the fi rst timerc cxer. enrollment of increased 15.3 percent oser laist yeari( t Schools' cam- minority students topped 2.000. more than the 861 xwho applied. 478 xxere accepted. paign to admit 12 percent of the 16.287 students in the Asian orr Pacific Islander applicants 1994 entering class. increased by 1-2.7 percent tromir 1993(Ot 3,000 minori- AAMC President Jordan Cohen said tire 8.8(14 students xxho applied. 2.9t0(l ties each year that the increase in minority students, is the xxere accepted. by the year result ot "Project 3000 by 2000," the asso- White nmale applicants increased by 4.3 ciation's national campaign to enroll percent over last y ear and comipiled 39 2000. AAMC 3.000 minority students annually bx the percent (it the applicant pool. Ohftire president year '_0{0. 17.658 xxho applied. 6,799 xxcre accepted. "Through educational programs and Jordan Cohen says. Health 12 The Famuan/November 9, 1998 Black women at high risk for breast cancer

BY BELINDA LESTER Pos erns les els 5yar'Sn ndci abls bs irace line at -. even it sou don't base a family haive the mones to get examined or the Contributing Editor aind ethnicits Si ith 1I Ipercenit iofsMbtes historys to catch it earls, that's sour sur- zeal to read and become informed." she and 32 percent o) Altrican A\mericans sisal rate.'' Gilpin saidl. satid. In193, Nancy Knoble got wsorri ed bei ne classiflied as poor. Social c lass. [Two F A M students can relate to bows Many states mandate that private insur- ien she found a lump in ber right breast. more than race. htas been showsn to predict breast cancer has had an impact on their ance companies. Medicaid and public \itet numerous tests svisits to the doctor. a persons chances Ior a good education. liv es. etmploy ee health plans. prov ide cosverage she wsas diagnosed w ith breast cancer in occupatioin, income and lisi in condi- 'Breast cancer is very real to me and reimbursement for specific health ser- October of that y ear. Speaking about the tions-all related to a persons cancer risk because I base a paternal auint and sister v ices and procedures. according to ACS. situiation today. she calls it a turning point profile. is ho base had to have a breast renmove. Help is around the corner. The local in her life. It wsas estimated that in 1996. 5.200 said Jiidia Hudson. a 19-sear-old business American Cancer Society is located at 241 "It made me wake up," said Knoble. 50J. AfIrican American w omen would die of admitnistration student. John Knox Road. Suite 100. They can be I became clearly more focused on impor- breast cancer. In 1994. 59.939 was the Jan'Na Sinms. 19. an occupation therapy reached at t8502_97-0588. taut things in my life. my family, friends total of all African American cases of can- student from Densver. rememibers working The ACS provides a ease of Ensure and professional wsork." Instead of feel cer. Out of that number 5. 083 wsere in a department store and helping a drinks for patients swho are undergoing ing sorry Ifor herselfI after hasying a African American wsomen who had died women ss ho had a mastectomy. In her radiation treatment. They also prosvide lumpectomy and undergoing seven weeks of breast cancer, said the ACS. mind, she ssondered boss this wsoman dealt prosthetic breasts, bras and bathing suits of radiation, die inride i 22,841-loot climb swith her disease emotionally. swith built-in pockets. Reach to Recoverys. to the top ofI Mount Aconeatg Li in Early detection is key "Seeinc this woman made me realize a group of vsoluinteers associated witth the Argentina in 1995. Bireast Cancer is the second leading that breast cancer is niot prejudice and can ACS. visits breast cancer patients in the [hroogh Expedition Inspiration, a cause of cancer deaths preceded by lung effect ansyone) Sims said. 'I think more hospital after surgery and gives them bags mountain-climbhing organization dedicated cancer lor all wsomen. Reseatrcheis cannot womlien need to become more assare. take of inforrnation that thes will need for after to helping breast caicer suts ii ois. Knoble prevent the disease and doctors can not precautionls.cisve themtselv es self exams surgers. '',ot a s hole nricoutiilook in tie. cuiie it. Hossescie. oLt breast cancer and 'ii to the doctor. so that if something I-or more infortnation about Bosom ('oniiiihat.ifr omi.Argeniinai. Inoble tuinors can be caucht earlI. iren eat is is ss ron'it does not creep up tin them sod- BuLddies. call Daleen Gilpin (850)1 668- . lhen tineild 55 i iii o155 tiien itike on eiitLicJh to piesvent death. The best[rirotec- denls ,he' challecge 0! ua'st. \Mt\lc K i oles tionl is gettinriegulartIin I 1eain l a nd Hudo i ,isaidi she icireed. Jun'eI. iie teamss etecomiprised of staritog on top of inonthls sell C\ratms. .'I think the -Atrcan-Amterican L'tiil-t breaisi cancir siuii5is 'anit lv oducgswomen G(et a bieast exam toonihls 'Yout niits ass areness has not i ncreasedl or 55 Itt did not hav e bieist caitieir but 5vaol- knows rout bods (jet to knoss .our ILr'c HuIlIthen i.rignoriantiil .hot ed to beet odds hi becominioc arciieeails bieaist.' saiid l)aleen (blpen. of Bosoiii n.iicit~ 2 ii5nc e b..caethen Lion t \\ ite isotuctariiemote lbkels to desel- Buddies, a suippor t gro0u11fhitbhiast cancc: r' Guidelines for dietection of breast cancer op bieast canceri but :fri can :Aimerican patient, .and sotn\is ors in Fallahassee. lt providl- siorren rtie mioie likels io die itrot tbe sou feled OIIICthltidiffeternt. co check it edby the American Cancer Society: diseaise out. Dont ti ait. Youritlife is wsasrtiote . nlottiirateli a hlot of soterlsou~t itipotaLnt. has e the financial mieains. It is 5 cf\ expen- B~osons Buddies is a loca.l suihport croudp .rtfory breast self-examination every murtr sive. Ihere is liniaicial assistance. but locatedl at Celebr ation B~aptist Church 11i "Pmen Z70-39 should have a breast exam- otnis it51uriieet certaiin criteria.' said Centersvile Road and Shamrock St. The Jeiemys I Inrood. lie adninistiatise isss ii ani/ation htolds mteetincs the:. eat roessoal sch as ahysican, anot at the \iiieiis~ ('ancer Societe ini IThutsdas of esets month, includine ince Tlilahassee. I w iold beliesve in the long tor husbands. rac" toner. 5 [he ACS recommnends use ui all three oun,the loss er incomue patrent's otld find 'S /\Jc!Noen 40 and older should nave I uader. 'speclals those wsho don'tbase tetIsor breast cancer detection in ass mp- insurance. oiiiatic 5s5niten (55 omiein svIo loon t has e aoreast examination every year. Soime oi the diitciences ini cancerinmci- beas.t canleri:inammographx Lclinical " Womxen 40 years and older deuce rales. risk factors .ind scicenig breist examis b\ a pbysisciain oi othei should have armammogram~ pies .leiice aingitracial and ethnic groups health catre pi olessional. and breast sell /every gear. tin he due to tactois associated is ith esyiitt sciail Siis,. rather than race or etltiiets. Its inot jist older ss omien.(jet a base- Graphic by Shaun Watson Learning about disease will help me educate others

llca i ueso iiiclh e\.iiiicalledt a hiopss to see iI5you i11\basa till hei %sas ss orktn- .s a commiclations she continuies to keep hei faith in God, be ilth liiL'.st Lcanicer knot or lump in ,our breaust. Any limp dtities ofilcer .it the Has ana Police a fiihtei. base a positiv e attitude. does lots I la tade rme want deternmined to be cancerous can be either Departmlent around mrdnight. domeg her o1 research, keeps control and works hand toknow tilore. It bentien or ntalignant. radiation and chernotherapy treatmlents in hand with her doctor. seemts as iftloire If the report classiflies the lumtlp as during the das every other week .After "Just because you have been diagnosed. vvsomen are becomine, benirgn, the lumlp is non-cancerous. Esven if sesveral treatments, she had sureery and it doesnl't tmeanflyou're gomne to die." she it is not a danger to the patient, the lump ssas ouit olfswo(rk for a couple of weeks. said. "It is not a death sentence. Having da.This is sshat or knot shotild be reimosed. She tinderswent a lumpectomy- the faith and a positive attitude is what is a 'ed me to actually If the results resveal that it is tnaligrlant, remov al ot a breast tunior and small can- going to get you through." tk to someone bat- you must start radiation as soon as possi- cer eells-and was heasvv on dosage of Exploring breast cancer was a v erv ilioc breast cancer. ble to shritnk it. If the lump doesn't shrink, mledicine for six months. While in the hos- interesting and enlightening experience for FELICIALiiiie L enon. a thlert 5(it hasve to get the breast with the pital. she got lots ot rest.,svomited otten. rme and it will help me to be more aware HIGINBOTTOM nturse at Children lump cut off and lost her hair (swhich has now crowsn and conscious of myl body . And also Medical Serstces for I then had a one-on-one inters iess ssith back). important. it's helped me want to educate the Marion Counts a breast cancer patient. Tracs Jones. Jones solon joined a local support group. more women about this deadly disease. l~ci~~ HIalth. case ime the ads ice Jones. 51I. swas di agrosedl swith breast Fr W\omen wsith Cancer. The grouip has I ti.J~ \1 hcan to talk to L enon cancer in Nosvember 1994. She said at first openti dsctissions on ness treatments a clin- Fell(i(toHi evibhottino. 19. is (1tiphJomuore about bireast Lcance r. she sa id no ness she wsas sents ii hiened. .atlry. Iftll of teal tital s. Shortly alter joiining the group. publicB(til.s 10ls~hlvsu1~ Les elopiletits hasle surf aced. anld that no questions. andL hadl pitied betrsell. But 11er she ietur ned back to her jolb swhile continti studies hasle pros ed boss cancerciited farnily. e specially her husbind andI Latichi Inc to attendl croupi sessions. Noss . Jonles is alrhough hereditx is an important faLtor. icr. became a sets bie support to her. in remlissiion and said she is more insvolsved She then toIlic about the bireast cancer Jones saidI that her dad has cancer, so in in helping people wsho hatse all forms oit detectioni process. [Firssou(~lmist take an somte swass shte Lioldrelaite.A-inormral Lday caincer. especialls breast catncer. She sard Health The Famuan/November 9, 1998 13

Total of blacks in physical therapy dror)S

She said some people aren't aware of pared for fields like physical therapy. its reputation and faculty, Bell said. BY KIM McCOY financial security of the job. Students who "Sometimes we may not know we have "Students of both races, in particularly Staff Writer come out of a masters-level program can the aptitude. We need to reach students whites, come for the same reason. This is Transformation. start out at $38,000 to $45.000. she said. early, so they can begin to prepare for a more homely atmosphere," he said. A child with cerebral palsy increases his And after 10 years in the field, they can these fields," said Jacqueline Beck, dean Lori Sykes, a white student who attends strength, so he can dress himself. A earn up to $60,000. of the School of Allied Health. FAMU and lives in Bristol, said she feels woman stops suffering from bed sores, Arnold T. Bell, FAMU professor of To help students gain experience in this comfortable at FAMU. Her son's occupa- and someone else gets relief from pain physical therapy, also said blacks simply field of study, Beck is writing a grant to tional therapist who is a FAMU alumnus caused by cancer. All of these wonders don't know about the options of the health develop a comprehensive program for told her FAMU would be a good place to can work with the touch of a physical ther- field. Bell is one of five African-American middle school students. The program earn a degree in physical therapy. apist. board certified specialists in the nation. would include mentorship and science "It's been great. Everybody's been very Physical therapists say their field is The 2,000 therapists who have been certi- education. nice." said Sykes, a 32-year-old junior. "I rewarding and profitable. But among fied by the American Board of Physical Tony Wright, a physical therapy student joined the physical therapy club when I African Americans, the field is over- Therapists became certified by being from St. Louis, learned about the field was at TCC. It's not just for FAMU stu- looked. licensed and working in a specialty area, through a health occupations program at dents." Of the 70,000 physical therapists in the like sports, for a certain number of years. his high school, which is similar to the one Because physical therapy is so competi- country, blacks are under represented for "Traditionally black students have grav- Beck is planning. He said many African tive, all physical therapy programs in the reasons including lack of awareness and itated toward the field they are more Americans just aren't familiar with the state university system will become mas- academic competition. familiar with like medicine and nursing," field. ters-level programs in August 1999. Beck Blacks made up the largest percentage he said. "When I go home, people are like, are said. of minority physical therapists until about Bell added once students are admitted you a doctor yet?" said Wright, a junior. Carr said this change is essential. 10 years ago, said Gwen Carr, professor of to the physical therapy program, retention Compared to other physical therapy "It's necessary to dominate and contin- physical therapy at Tidewater Community becomes a concern. programs in the state, FAMU has a greater ue being an autonomous type of career," College in Virginia Beach, Va. A member Getting into a physical therapy program number of black students. Of 58 students she said. "We have to know all sorts of of the American Physical Therapy is very competitive. FAMU had 350 appli- who were accepted this year, 30 were modern technology." Association, Carr is also interested in cations for only 60 seats in 1997. black. The University of Central Florida, Physical therapists have to be a "jack- researching the history of blacks in the Of the nation's physical therapy stu- University of North Florida and Florida of-all-trades," Carr added. field. dents, 93.4 percent are white, 2.2 percent Gulf Coast University accepted between "You take a patient who is very ill and "The Asian-American population has are Asian, 1.8 percent are black and anoth- 28 and 35 students, but no blacks were rehabilitate with little input from a doc- passed us by leaps and bounds. This er 1.8 percent are Hispanic, according to a admitted. The University of Florida admit- tor," she said. "It's for those who are self- shows awareness has dropped and we are 1996 fact sheet compiled by the APTA. ted two blacks of the 64 accepted students directing, and familiar with the human probably going into other fields," Carr In many cases, young African- and Florida Atlantic University admitted body and pharmaceutical analysis." said. American students shy away from math one black of 16 accepted students. and science, which makes them unpre- The diversity at FAMU has to do with

Recruiting begins early in elementary school .S for the next generation of minority physicianLS

diverse nation. "Very good," Chesnut said. "Very BY TONY PUGH In 1991, the AAMC launched an effort But with the exception of Asian good." to increase the number of underrepresent- College Press Exchange Americans, minority doctors are vastly A third-year medical student, Chesnut, ed minority students entering the nation's LOS ANGELES (KRT)-Ten-year-old underrepresented in the nation's physician 27, is well on her way toward becoming 125 medical schools to 3,000 or 19 per- Pierre Campbell gave up Saturday morn- work force. More than 80 percent of the one of fewer than 100 African-American cent, by 2000. By 1997, those four groups ing cartoons and recreation-league basket- country's estimated 738.000 physicians oncologists in the United States. With made up 23.6 percent of the population, ball to learn about the workings of the are white and nearly 11 percent are Asian. some luck and hard work, Campbell could yet only 12.2 percent of U.S. medical human body, health problems in his neigh- About 5 percent are Hispanic, 3.5 percent follow in her footsteps. However, his path school students. borhood and the wonders of bio-medical black and 0.15 percent Native American. is far less certain. Many would argue that physicians' race research. And from 1996 to 1997, the number of Recent court decisions have rolled back is irrelevant as long as they provide quali- That's a poor tradeoff for most fourth- medical students from these minority eth- affirmative-action admissions policies at ty care. But medical encounters often graders, but in the search for the next gen- nic groups fell by 7.1 percent at U.S. med- state universities throughout the United intimidate and evoke distrust among non- eration of minority physicians, recruiting ical schools, according to a recent federal States. And the high cost of medical whites who feel overwhelmed by the sys- begins early. And being chosen has its report. schools and their reliance on standardized tem. Many minorities are comfortable price. So trying to nudge the Dublin students test scores and grade point averages for only with doctors who share their culture. For 18 straight Saturdays, Campbell and toward careers in medicine is both noble admittance keep many minority students A 1993 California study found that 30 other fourth- and fifth-graders-most and self-serving. It'll be years before the out of the hunt. black physicians cared for nearly six times of whom are black-at the Dublin Avenue success of the effort can be gauged, but for Were it not for the nation's 11 histori- as many black patients as other physicians. Magnet School in midtown Los Angeles now, Treise Tomlinson-Chesnut and her cally black health profession schools, the while Hispanic doctors treated three times received a crash course in medical educa- fellow medical students are happy just to situation would be even worse. These as many Hispanics. tion from black faculty and students at the watch youngsters like Campbell bask in schools trained about half of the black Chesnut is committed to continuing that UCLA School of Medicine. The effort was their newfound knowledge. doctors and dentists, 60 percent of black trend. As a teen, she watched her mother born of philanthropy and concern. "What's a white blood cell called pharmacists and 75 percent of black vet- go through chemotherapy and radiation By 2050, blacks, Hispanics, Asians and again?" Chesnut asked a grinning erinarians, said Dale Dirks, Washington, treatments for breast cancer while dealing Native Americans are expected to make Campbell during the program's graduation D.C., representative for the Association of with the bureaucratic hassles of having no up nearly half of the nation's population. ceremony at the school. Minority Health Professions Schools. insurance. She remembers the long waits As patients, they'll challenge physicians "A leukocyte," Campbell replied confi- Organizations such as the Association in hospital lobbies, her mother being shuf- with far different characteristics, disease dently, pointing to his display on the of American Medical Colleges, the fled from place to place and the toll all this patterns, beliefs, customs and concerns anatomy of blood. "White blood cells are "American Medical Association, the took on her body before she died at age than those of today's population. responsible for keeping you from getting Bureau of Health Professionals, the 37. And since non-white doctors are more sick and making sure no bacteria and Institute of Medicine and the Council on Because of her mother's experience, likely than white physicians to treat unin- germs are inside the body. Red blood cells Graduate Medical Education have each Chesnut decided to pursue a career in sured, minority and severely ill patients, deliver oxygen to the lungs and heart and made greater physician diversity a priori- oncology. She wants to open a breast they can expect to play a larger role in have a special molecule called hemoglo- ty, but there's not much agreement on how maintaining the health of an increasingly bin." to achieve it. Please see Minority/ 15 Health The Famuan/November 9, 1998 Fitness center hosts annual competition

BY REKISHA HILL Students 55 ho spend a c're~iu deal of tiite their oss n. 'ii engthen sour muscles and keep your Staff Writer in the fitIness center said strengih is the He aid. '1 ittiuc ssci'-hts helps to hmnes stOuc most important factor in the competition. 'Mnds arent the ols thincs that ate But not eserxbodx agieed. beinc_ strengthened as students geetthrough "I am not strongc enouch." said 'I the midpoint of the semnester. Sme hase Mouse Jackson. a junior elementary cdu been usin''I the fitness centei to keep their Cation student from D~etroit. ''People shi bodies stironc as we ll. w5in aie these competitions are v erystsron A\nd to let students shosw just hosw and hasve a high competitisve spitrit.' sti-ong they aire. the offlice of intramuiral [Hosseser, some students are cxcited sports ssill host its annual bench press about liling wseights foi prizes. competition in the fitness center on "L1ast year, there we rc about 2(Upartici Saturday at 10) am11 pants in the competition." McDonald said [he eompetttion "sgasdesigned so that The com pet ittins ill be judged h_ men could compete in indisidual seicght MIclonald and a sonic of the fitness cenici classes.IThe classes wsere d isided in to stafft thirec ditfteirnt 'i oups:heal t195 pounds \V'nners may get prizies like T-shiiris an,' omome, medium t 175 ormonrel. .nd ss i chthli tnc glosves. m'',htseicht tless thtan 175 pouiiids t In piesviou s ears. wsomen could corn I lie competition statrted because uos pete. but this year, there ssill he twso sep.. wsanted to see ssho could lilt the most rate competitions. [he ssomens hen 5 l wxeights. said Frank lcl)onald. fitness press comtpetition is scheduled for later centet coordinator . "hle compiletitioin has this semestei. The Famuar. SIMONE LEWIS-WILLIAMS been om"t- on since the fitness cntet has Mc..Lonald. wsho has been liting sweights James Gibson, a senior 24-year-old physical education student from Miami. bench press- >een open for ' sears, iccomtmtends students lift es in the fitness center The fitness center will host its annual bench pressing competition '.v cit its either in thii competition or on on Saturday Doctors provide solutions to womens' health problem Women with problems during menstruation may have enlarged uterine fibroids. A few treatment procedures can help.

BY DEANNA MCKINLEY Tlie sizes of the f ibroids svary from a pea [lossee c. thex said.,tgynecologists ecoir thieonl sws toicompletely get rid o1 Correspondent toi a basketball, said 13.D. Shepham d. a mend control ling the amount of' estrocen fibroids torever by removing the uterus. medical doctoir. in his book ''The in the body by cutting down on foods that This surgery is usually done only when Sharon Broxton kness soninthincIL as (iomplete Guide to Wsomens HeIalth.- contain dietary estrogen. including salt. there is severe bleeding that cannot be wrung with her body years hefore her hvs- Fi broids depend on estrogen for gross th. red meat and chieken. stopped.,sshen the fibroid is exceptionally tcrcctomx three years ago. The 41 -y ar-old Dri. Shephard says, tending to enlaige w.sith Although a ssoman can live with large. or when the fibroid is cancerous. home health care prosvider had been suffer- pregnancy and taki ng birth control pills fibroids. there are two types that can be Women are not able to hase children after ing from heavy bleeding and extreme oralls. Small fibr oids are not harmful. life threateninc. the ssebsite this procedure. cramping during menstrual cycles, anemia They may cause some discomfort, but then ssssss.healthanswers.com reported. If a Broxton was given a hysterecto my and back pains. are not life-threateniuc. fibroid becomes cancerous, it needs to be because the bleedinc got too bad. Asyearly pelvic exam confirmed her When seery larce libroids are present, remosved. Also, a pendunculate fibroid. "I could use a pack of sanitary napkins a problem: titrine Ifibroids. thes can cause sterility, the .\IPM's Web (inc sshich grows outside the uterine wall. dasy." she said. "I never thought any thing of it."' site reporited. The libmoid can block the fal- needs immediate care. In the rare instance Dietary factors are assumed to be the Broxton said. 1I knesw my mother had it. lopian tubes, or esven presvent a ferti lized sshen the tumor tistss and causes blood reason for this condition. With 'early but she nev er told me any thing about it. egc from attachimnc to the nitirince all. vessels to kink. surgery is the only option. exams and good dietary habits. fibroids du. The American I nstit ute of lPies cntati 5 sshich can presecnt swomen f rom becomingi Cs necol ogists simuply opt to ssatch not hasve to become an ovxerwhelming bur- Medicine reported at its ssebsite. pregnaint. Fibriods also can cause heavy ss onien sshoscfibroids are small, harmless den. v, 55 ssheal thanss cr5 .com. thIiat uteriine mienstirual leeding. ur inairs liecuenex and or itot causinitg problems. Dr. Shephard Broxton ssishes she had found out about fibroids ate benign tumors that develop pmressume in the loss er abdomen. sas.s f ibroids sooner. ss thin or attached to the wsall of the utetrus. Sotitintes there arc no symnptomts at all. Bitt there are vatrions wsass to treat \At least then. I ssould hasve knossn I Only 2(0to 25 pcicent of w5omen 05vci the the ,SI\I'M \ebl site ieported.1 Tumois ini f iboids.I hese include hoirmone thera:py. ssasn't crazs." she said. lIssould hase ace of 3i cet ucirinc ibroids and Altican obese \s iiicii can be mistaken lot os iiian the insomectic and the hs sterectoup. In knossn there 55as somethiigccausing those Amecrican w5omen are threcc to fivec timtes tunlms or pregnancy. Fibroids ate oils hotmnitii herapsy, women ssho ssish to sx mptoins. Intstead I just assumed it wsas imoic likely to hays them. the .Nebsite detec ted bs has inc a veatcIspelv ic examitoi hasve childr en ,are cigs cihormones. sshi Ic a normal itr inc.'' epoirted. an ulti .moitd. ntxo mecto in is designed for ssomen wsho It there is a histoiy of ibroiids in sonte- In a I 99t airicle at wanmitfibroidsiremosed bitt ssishito keep onc's tamily. it is recommiiieind that giossth Wssssshealths netcont. Judy ihi and Robert thteiteruas intact, the .\lPM's Web site and dev elopmtent of fi broids is closelys I. linan. N [).s. said that there are no pre- reported. mioniitor ed. vcnic e methods for tFiroids at hinstimie. A hs stertemois on the other hand, is Sickle cell affects 1 out of 45 African Americans

thait people wsi th the \Mediterranean. and the Caribbean. She is nowa the national spokeswsonian for BY KITRINA DEAN Common pmrobles sickle cell ane niia lace are inflectitons .Although, there is no cure for sickle the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Staff Writer because the spleen is unable to tight cell, there :ire medicines asvailable. Folic America. Watkins ssas diagnosed as a gernis: organ damage: complications dur- acid is widely used by people diagnosed child butt complications ssith the disease anemia is prev ale nt in Sickle cell ing pregnancx: pain and ssselling of the wsith sickle cell. Hs droxs urea is the most have not stopped her from being an enter- African Americans. One in 12 African hands and fet:egI ulcers: jaundice la xel- recent drug to hit the market. tainer. Americans hav e the sickle cell trait and lossish tinge on the sshiting of the exyes: Esven though people diagnosed wsith There is a support group at the Sickle one in 375 hase sickle cell anemia. chest pains: blood in the urine: pneumonia: sickle cell may experience pain, called a Cell Foundation at 110 West Ave. The Sickle cell is a condition in which a and gallstones. Strokes are considered to crisis.,swhich can last anywhbere from an group meets the fourth Frdyo very group of inherited abnormal genes is be the leading killer among sickle cell hour to more than a wseek. People wsho month. The group discusses the challenges passed on by both parents with the trait. It patients. hase pains can still lead an actis'e life, and that people face. positive things that has'e is characterized by the production of One of the biggest myths about sickle can do esverything front mild exercise happened to them, and listens to guest anemia, and acute chronic tis- hemoglobin. cell is that only blacks contract the disease. extreme sports. speakers The next meeting is on Nos. 20 at damage. There are many types of the sue The disease has also been found in tar- Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz noon. sickle cell, but sickle cell anemia is the away regions such as Greece. Italy. the of the group TLC, has sickle cell anemia. most common. Health The Famuan/November 9, 1998 15

EATING Losing weight outweighed the side effects of bulimia FROM PAGE 10 At my sister's birthday party, my father but I figured no one would notice. Seeing results went to the bathroom. My boyfriend and told me to eat a piece of my sister's birth- I wasn't allowed to go to Belgium for When I came to FAMU. my eating her family secretly told her to. They all day cake in front of my friends. I cried, the year as I was supposed to. They didn't habits continued to worsen. I would eat a thought something was wrong because I not because of embarrassment, but trust me enough to let me go. It wasn't small bowl of carrots, some dry corn was losing weight so quickly. When she because I could feel the fat growing on my punishment, but a way of being able to flakes or oranges. When my friends would checked I would get angry, and I would body. watch me. order pizza. I would run straight to the lie. "Someone must be pregnant." I told However, they thought nothing was bathroom after eating around 12 slices. her. Getting caught wrong because black people frequently Getting smaller and smaller. I denied I I still thought I was fat and needed to Eventually I realized that I could get rid don't have eating disorders. That includes had a problem. lose weight. I had all the symptoms of a of food by vomiting. To satisfy my par- anorexia, which affects more than 1 per- When I went back home for Christmas bulimic. My skin was extremely dry. My ents I would eat a lot of food in front of hair was thinning. 1 had bruises all over them and vomit later. My mother would my body that I hid with pants and long cook dinner, I would eat it and then run EVENTUALLY I REALIZED THAT I COULD GET RID sleeves. I had ulcers. off to the bathroom while my brother and father were having their usual debates. OF FOOD BY VOMITING. Continuing to struggle Within moments of eating I could feel But something changed. I don't know the fat automatically weigh down my what changed in me but I didn't want to body. cent of teenage girls in the United-States, break, everyone noticed the weight I lost. vomit anymore. During the summer I But one day my father caught me. It and bulimia, which occurs in 4 to 9 per- My boyfriend at the time urged me to secretly saw a psychiatrist again. It wasn't was my senior year in high school. My cent of female high school and college see a psychiatrist, so I secretly went with the psychiatrist that helped. Taking the father was in the computer room, across students. Five to 10 percent suffer from him to his. I denied it to his psychiatrist train out to see him was a waste of time, I the hall from my room. either anorexia or bulimia. and he didn't really address it. He said that thought; yet, I did it. It was knowing that I "Heather, come here. I need to talk to Since I was caught red-handed, I decid- when people took notice of my weight, it was going to die that stopped me. you," he said. ed to change my eating habits so that what urged me to lose more because I thought I Since then, I've gotten better at control- "I didn't do anything," I said. That was I was doing would be less detectable. would be even more noticeable. If no one ling myself. It's been said that no one ever my usual response whenever he wanted to When I was out with my parents I noticed my weight loss then I would want really recovers from an eating disorder. speak to me. would order from the low-fat menu and to lose moreso that they would. It's an every day struggle. The hardest part "Sit down," he said. drink lots of water so that I couldn't finish I denied being bulimic, and I came back of it is seeing myself gain weight and not I sat down and he asked me if I was what I was eating. Water also helped to to school and continued to do exactly what running to the bathroom. But I'm dealing vomiting my food. make it seem like I weighed more than I I was doing before. I believed everything I with it. It's getting easier and I'm getting I stared at him and didn't know what to did when I would get a physical examina- was doing was worth it. stronger. say. "No," I said, " I wouldn't do that." tion. But during the second semester, I was Luckily, he believed me then, but days So I continued to vomit. And I graduat- vomiting blood. I didn't mind because I Heather Davis, 19, is a sophomore news- later he checked the bathroom after I left. ed from high school with honors and few was losing weight. Besides, I wasn't paper journalism student from I suppose it smelled like vomit, and there people knowing that anything was wrong. bulimic because black people don't have Philadelphia. were a few traces of it still left floating in eating disorders, I thought. the toilet. I couldn't get them to go down My best friend checked on me when I

MINORITY Educational disadvantages cause deficiency F FROM PAGE 13 in minority representation in the medical field cancer screening center in a poor minority their entrance into medical school. It's a similar types of programs. Baylor's suc- ence achievement than success as a physi- community. "That's where I'm from, and practice William Thomson calls "growing cess in recruiting Hispanic medical stu- cian," the report says. I feel there's a tremendous need," she your own doctors." dents from south Texas led to a similar Because sparking an early interest in said. "There's an entire subgroup of peo- Thomson directs the Hispanic Center of arrangement with the Michael DeBakey medicine is the key to diversifying the ple that have been excluded from Excellence Program at Baylor and the High School for Health Professions, a pre- physician work force, the Dublin school advances in cancer research and treat- University of Texas-Pan Anierican, in dominantly black magnet school in program offers a nationwide model, said ments, and I want to bridge that gap." Edinburg. Houston. Dr. Keith Black, director of the Because educational disadvantages Each year the program selects up to 25 While these efforts are promising, much Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai leave many minority students without the promising students from predominantly more is needed to beef up the ranks of Medical Center in Los Angeles. Speaking strong math and science backgrounds that Hispanic high schools in south Texas, minority physicians. The Council on at Campbell's graduation ceremony, medical schools look for, the association who become eligible for tuition-free Graduate Medical Education recently Black said that if the program helped pro- of medical colleges is trying to strengthen undergraduate and medical school training made sweeping recommendations to help duce one or two future doctors, it would school curricula through partnerships at several colleges. achieve a goal of 4,500 minority medical be an overwhelming success against major between academic medical centers, col- Ochoa wants to be an orthopedic sur- students by the year 2010 and 6,000 by obstacles. leges and local school systems. geon and practice in her hometown. 2020. "You're trying to take a student and When Lyssa Ochoa of Mission, Texas, Without the Baylor program, she would The suggestions include encouraging interject one or two good years of medical begins medical school in August at Baylor have studied out of state and been less public and private organizations to dupli- education and give them a good founda- University in Houston, she and 13 other inclined to practice medicine in Texas, cate programs like the one at Baylor. They tion," Black said. "My concern is what Hispanic students from south Texas will where the health needs of many Mexican also call for more financial assistance for happens when these kids leave here, and be halfway through an eight-year program Americans are not being met. minorities and for media campaigns they encounter a teacher or professor that that puts talented high school students on "If it weren't for this program keeping developing career awareness. isn't supportive and can turn the positive the fast track toward becoming doctors. me close to my family and home, I proba- Most importantly, the report calls for attitude that they've developed into a neg- Baylor is one of several medical bly wouldn't be thinking about (practicing re-examining the role of standardized test ative attitude." schools across the country that encourage in) Mission," Ochoa said. scores and grade-point averages in med- students from minority high schools to The medical schools at Brown ical school admissions policies. "These take a college curriculum that will assist University and Boston University offer measures may be more predictive of sci- RedTeFIl C t wwfaa.u C I Health 16 The Famuan/November 9, 1998 Getting to the heart of a deadly disease

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy often goes undetected-especially in blacks.

BY MERLIN LEON other drugs." Whiting explained. Staff Writer Whiting. who runs the 100 and 200 meter for FAMU's track team, has experienced - Veronica Inglis received a call telling changes after workouts. "It is normal, her that her son had died. She was especially since the weather is changing, shocked because he was the last person to have difficulty breathing sometimes. At she spoke to before leaving for church that times I may get a little fatigued after a morning. hard workout, but nothing serious has ever Curtley Inglis, 24. collapsed while play- happened." ing basketball half an hour after the tele- People who do strenuous exercise may phone conversation with his mother. experience changes in the physical struc- Shooting hoops was his passion. His death ture and function of their hearts. Changes~ was a mystery until the autopsy reports. may include a heartbeat slower than nor- Curtly, who never had any major illness mal or an enlarged heart to help deliver besides asthmatic conditions sometimes, more oxygen to different parts of the was in good health. body. Increase of muscle thickness is nor- The culprit, revealed in the coroner's mal, but teenage athletes should be moni- I' report, was Hypertrophic tored to make sure that Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is aqa~ Cardiomyopathy, the second most com- not the cause of the mon type of heart disease. It is a condition enlargement. where heart muscle increases because of Athletes tend to contact their coaches the moment anything unusual arises. disorderly growth of muscle fibers in the Le heart. When this happens. blood is trapped "If something were to happen more in the heart during contractions in the left than once, then I'd be concerned and tell a ventricle, decreasing the blood flow to coach or trainer about it," said Whiting. vital organs. It proved to be a congenital The Italian doctors' 20-year study on heart condition that goes unsuspected in competitive athletes and non-athletes, young blacks-24 percent of blacks were yielded prevention methods for sudden -'~ found with the condition, compared to 10 death from Hypertrophic percent of whites participating in a study Cardiomyopathy. The article in which the study appeared, "Screening for done by Italian doctors Domenico f-- ' Corrado, Cristina Basso, Maurizio Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Young Schiavon and Gaetano Thiene. A few Athletes," in the Aug. 6 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, concluded well-known black athletes, including t Hank Gathers, Reggie Lewis and Florence that the disease was an "uncommon cause Griffith Joyner, were all victims of of death" in young competitive athletes. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. This dis- Doctors suggested screening of the ath- ease is the most common cause of sudden letes before events and games. The physi- death in one third of the deaths among cal exam should include the standard elec- U.S. athletes under the age of 35. trocardiogram, which involves attaching Florida A&M University athletes have wire leads to areas around the heart and on ,,, to take undergo annual screening before the limbs to check heart activity, the participating in competitive events. report says. "We screen all student athletes for any The symptoms of this Hypertropic heart conditions." said Akima Abrakata. Cardiomyopathy can easily be dismissed. Scrse The Humrn 3-' , head athletic trainer of FAMU's athletic Dizziness, weakness, racing heart beats Mosby Year Book department. Abrakata explained the proce- and a history of seizures seemed to be heart rate is an estimation of the fastest upper training lexel is obtained by multi- dures the athletes have to go through. ' We common factors in the victims. Flolo suf- speed a person's heart can reach. plying by .85 (for 85 percent). Exercising bring in an internist to check the athletes. fered a heart seizure in 1996 on a flight Overworking the heart by going beyond between these levels improves the heart Sometimes a heart murmur may come from California to St. Louis. The exening the maximum rate can be fatal. Men can and cardioxascular system. across. Those athletes are not allowxed to of her death, she said she xwas fatigued. calculate their maximum heart rate by Abrakata said the health and safetxy of play until a cardiologist gives the okay." Joyce Plair. a FAMU personal fitness subtracting their age from 220. Women FAMUJ athletes wxill continue to be a pri- FAMU' also relies on the family histories trainer, shared safety procedures tor ath- subtract their age from 226. Calculation of ority. proxvided by the athletes. letes and non athletes that haxe family his- the upper and loxwer training levels My athletes communicate with me. Charles W\hiting, a 20 -year old junior tories of heart disease and diabetes. Apart involve a fewx steps. First, obtain the rest- Precautionary measures are taken wxith computer intormation systems student. from dieting wxhile training, there are other ing heart rate. Resting heart rate is taken those wxho hav e heart disease in their tam- said he contributes sudden death to factors of; mportance. by checking the heart beats per minute ily." Abiakata said. "This is an unfortu- steroidal and substance abuse. wh ich "Calculating the target heart rate and before getting out of bed in the morning. nate illness. ex'erx athlete should be able annual physicals screen for at FAMU. maximumI heart rate is impor tan t.''PIair Then, subtract the resting heart rate from to enjoy play ing and not lose their lixves.' ..We get the basic physical. they listen said. the maximum heart rate. Multiply the to heartbeats, check our reflexes and take The target heart rate is 70 to 85 percent number obtained bx .70 for '0 peicent). 'n1ood mdanduine o